Luis von Ahn

From Scratch by Jessica Harris

Aug 7, 202630:43Business

Luis is an inventor and computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon . He is one of the creators of CAPTCHA, a system that allows websites to determine whether you’re a human or a computer. CAPTCHAs are wavy, distorted...

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